TTR Recording Studio

Seamus OReally said:
I used to own about $85,000 worth of flying faders and blinking lights. It impressed my clients and sounded great, and I did have a few capabilities I don’t now. But I’m getting really good results with a fast computer and a lot of RAM, a simple digital interface and a pair of decent monitors.

I work in a DAW, and think all musicians should, because of the ease compared to stand-alone recorders… everything, like editing, mixing, storage and backup, is just easier.
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I'm a dinosaur.
Still stuck in the standalone world of recording equipment (other than using Adobe Audition for tweaking).
Still using a Yamaha AW16G and a AKAI GX-4000 D reel to reel.

Outboard gear:
M-Audio DMP3
Art PRO VLA
Sytek MPA-4A
Groove Tubes - The Brick
Behringer Autocom PRO MDX 1400
Art Tube MP
Aphex 204 Aural Exciter
TC Helicon Voice Works
Carvin SX-300R guitar preamp
Presonus Bluemax compressor

A dozen mics (inexpensive and expensive).

Edit: Carvin SRS monitors
 
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Sargeant Preston said:
I'm a dinosaur.
Still stuck in the standalone world of recording equipment (other than using Adobe Audition for tweaking).
Still using a Yamaha AW16G and a AKAI GX-4000 D reel to reel.

Outboard gear:
M-Audio DMP3
Art PRO VLA
Sytek MPA-4A
Groove Tubes - The Brick
Behringer Autocom PRO MDX 1400
Art Tube MP
Aphex 204 Aural Exciter
TC Helicon Voice Works
Carvin SX-300R guitar preamp
Presents Bluemax compressor

A dozen mics (inexpensive and expensive).
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Nothing wrong with that!!!
I still have my AKAI DPS24. It’s in its factory box, taped up nice and neat. I loved working on that thing, and it owned my desktop until 2018, but t was a chore to move things to computer for mixing once my Profire Lightbridge interface became outdated/obsolete as a computer interface. I may pull it out someday, and see if it still has the mojo…especially now that I have the UA preamps.
I went from this:
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DPS24, and a PC running Reaper….

To this:
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Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK, into a MacBook Pro running Reaper. Plus I had enough room for my old Mackie Control Universal(that never really fit on the keyboard drawer when I used it in the old days).
 
Long story short got a Steinberg UR24C Cubase DAW upgraded the DAW crash city my computer would freeze up
Next got a stand alone recorder Zoom R20 was able to record a song preamps better than the UR24C
Next Tascam Model 24 no mix down capability's what you record is what you get level wise
so got a Antelope Audio Zen Quadro 4 high end mic preamps and the plugins are in the interface not the computer
vocals bass and guitar sound correct now going into the Tascam 24 still no mix down but huge improvement
Next the way Joe and I record songs are Joe on drums and me on guitar 7 tracks for the drums and 1 track for guitar
then we record vocals bass and guitar tracks after still the preamps on the Tascam on drums are not up to par
I just got a 8 channel Antelope Audio Discrete 8 Oryx Senergy core interface and Ableton live 12 DAW
with two computers I can run both interfaces at the same time in Ableton that gives me 12 high end preamps
and 81 high end plugins zero latency but the Ableton does use 23-34 % latency on it's own workable
I'm using a pair of MsI gaming computers and can put my music files on a cloud now I can mix down and master my new songs
the new unit has 4 headphone inputs I have a 8 channel headphone amp that will fit in the top of the rack if needed

Discrete 8 Oryx Synergy Core | Antelope Audio

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Back in the early '80's I had a Tascam 244 PortaStudio:

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Now I have a Tascam DP03SD:


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I really wish I understood how the whole computer/DAW/whatever else it's called works, and what exactly I would need and what my total expenditure would be, but it just seems way over my head.

I basically used the 244 and now the DP03SD as a learning device to help me "decode" songs I'm trying to learn. I hear things on playback that show me where I'm missing the mark more clearly than when it's "live."

Never really been in a band or performed before an audience, other than those who are "captive" (family :) )

Still, I sometimes toy with the idea of joining the world of ProTools and such.
 
Ps. 37 said:
Back in the early '80's I had a Tascam 244 PortaStudio:

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Now I have a Tascam DP03SD:


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I really wish I understood how the whole computer/DAW/whatever else it's called works, and what exactly I would need and what my total expenditure would be, but it just seems way over my head.

I basically used the 244 and now the DP03SD as a learning device to help me "decode" songs I'm trying to learn. I hear things on playback that show me where I'm missing the mark more clearly than when it's "live."

Never really been in a band or performed before an audience, other than those who are "captive" (family :) )

Still, I sometimes toy with the idea of joining the world of ProTools and such.
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This is my setup. A card table. Laptop loaded with Reaper and the Boss interface for the Boss GT 1 sitting on the floor. Guitar plugs into the GT1. USB into the laptop. Headphones plugged in to monitor. And that’s the extent of my toys. And yes. I do have a couple small amps. Just don’t use them much.

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iblive said:
This is my setup. A card table. Laptop loaded with Reaper and the Boss interface for the Boss GT 1 sitting on the floor. Guitar plugs into the GT1. USB into the laptop. Headphones plugged in to monitor. And that’s the extent of my toys. And yes. I do have a couple small amps. Just don’t use them much.

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Is there a model number for the interface?

If I could get a similar interface for my GT-100, it sounds like laptop with Reaper should be pretty much the entire setup, yes?
 
Ps. 37 said:
Is there a model number for the interface?

If I could get a similar interface for my GT-100, it sounds like laptop with Reaper should be pretty much the entire setup, yes?
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Give me a minute. Sitting outside absorbing some vitamin D watching our pooch stare in a ground squirrel hole. There are interfaces available for each of the GT model boards. I have that info in my laptop. On my phone the moment.
 
Ps. 37 said:
Is there a model number for the interface?

If I could get a similar interface for my GT-100, it sounds like laptop with Reaper should be pretty much the entire setup, yes?
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This should get you what you need. Makes it way easier to edit or build a patch. Yes, you can do it all on the pedal, but pointing and clicking on a computer is just way easier.

Link to Boss Tone Central

As for the second question. I'm a bedroom player. In my case, yes. a laptop with Reaper is pretty much all I need.... Actually, it does WAY more than I am capable of doing. And I did recently add a Focusrite Scarlett Solo and Mic to the arsenal. Just one more thing to figure out.
 
iblive said:
This should get you what you need. Makes it way easier to edit or build a patch. Yes, you can do it all on the pedal, but pointing and clicking on a computer is just way easier.

Link to Boss Tone Central

As for the second question. I'm a bedroom player. In my case, yes. a laptop with Reaper is pretty much all I need.... Actually, it does WAY more than I am capable of doing. And I did recently add a Focusrite Scarlett Solo and Mic to the arsenal. Just one more thing to figure out.
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Thanks very much!

And thanks for mentioning the Focusrite Scarlett Solo. If I were going to go the DAW route, I'd want to mic my amp like I do now with the DP-03SD.

I assume I need the Focusrite interface to go from mic to laptop.

If that's true, suddenly it seems do-able!
 
Ps. 37 said:
Thanks very much!

And thanks for mentioning the Focusrite Scarlett Solo. If I were going to go the DAW route, I'd want to mic my amp like I do now with the DP-03SD.

I assume I need the Focusrite interface to go from mic to laptop.

If that's true, suddenly it seems do-able!
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There’s software to download after you get the Solo. All in the setup. And lots of folk here way better at answering tech questions than me. All ya gotta do is ask. As I’ve said on other things. I’d have to get way better at these things just to be considered a beginner.
 
iblive said:
There’s software to download after you get the Solo. All in the setup. And lots of folk here way better at answering tech questions than me. All ya gotta do is ask. As I’ve said on other things. I’d have to get way better at these things just to be considered a beginner.
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Am I correct that Reaper is the software you mean?

As it stands now, I'm thinking $60 for Reaper license, about $160 for Solo, and I should have pretty much what I'd need?

I have laptop and mic, so it doesn't sound like expense would be exorbitant to suit my purposes.
 
Ps. 37 said:
Am I correct that Reaper is the software you mean?

As it stands now, I'm thinking $60 for Reaper license, about $160 for Solo, and I should have pretty much what I'd need?

I have laptop and mic, so it doesn't sound like expense would be exorbitant to suit my purposes.
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One of the best parts about Reaper’s buying process (IMO) is that you can try it out, fully functional, for like a month before it starts pestering you to buy a license. So…you can try it for free, and if you can’t wrap your head around it…you’re not obliged to pay…just ditch it, and move on.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
One of the best parts about Reaper’s buying process (IMO) is that you can try it out, fully functional, for like a month before it starts pestering you to buy a license. So…you can try it for free, and if you can’t wrap your head around it…you’re not obliged to pay…just ditch it, and move on.
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Thanks! Sounds like a no-lose proposition.

When I download Reaper, would the interface (Focusrite) be the only other thing I'd need to get to allow me to mic my amp cabinet and record pretty much like I've been doing with my Tascam?
 
Ps. 37 said:
Thanks! Sounds like a no-lose proposition.

When I download Reaper, would the interface (Focusrite) be the only other thing I'd need to get to allow me to mic my amp cabinet and record pretty much like I've been doing with my Tascam?
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Yes. That would get you started.
I also came from the stand alone workstations…I went through the 4-tracks(Fostex and Tascam), and on to AKAI(DPS-12 and DPS-24). I found Reaper fairly intuitive when I treated it like a modular multitrack mixer/recorder.

If you get into the flow, it is helpful to have a decent quality drive(I’m using an external USB-C SSD with my laptop) to assign as a destination for the audio files to be written to. This practice allows the system drive to concentrate on running the program, fx, audio interface drivers.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Yes. That would get you started.
I also came from the stand alone workstations…I went through the 4-tracks(Fostex and Tascam), and on to AKAI(DPS-12 and DPS-24). I found Reaper fairly intuitive when I treated it like a modular multitrack mixer/recorder.

If you get into the flow, it is helpful to have a decent quality drive(I’m using an external USB-C SSD with my laptop) to assign as a destination for the audio files to be written to. This practice allows the system drive to concentrate on running the program, fx, audio interface drivers.
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Great information!

Thanks very much. I feel like I've learned more in an hour or so in this thread than I ever knew about this stuff before.
 
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